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flatlands

flatlands is the plural of flatland.

Meaning of flatland

Noun

flatland (plural flatlands)

  1. Synonym of plain (“land of relatively constant altitude”).
    • After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings.2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 48
    Synonyms:
    plain
  2. (Ireland, colloquial) An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.
    • Back then, at eighteen, in her humble bed-sit, in Dublin's 'flatland', she was lonely.2005, Esme Conway, Into Angels, page 18

Noun

flatlands (plural flatlands)

  1. A terrain that varies little in elevation.

Forms of flatlands

pluralflatlands

Questions about flatlands

What does flatlands mean?
Flatlands means a terrain that varies little in elevation.
What is flatlands the plural of?
Flatlands is the plural of flatland.
What part of speech is flatlands?
Flatlands is a noun.
What is the plural of flatlands?
The plural of flatlands is flatlands.

Words near flatlands in the dictionary

  1. flatirons
  2. flative
  3. flatland
  4. flatlander
  5. flatlanders
  6. flatlands
  7. flatlay
  8. flatlays
  9. flatleaf
  10. flatless
  11. flatlet

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